Sharing Economy & Hospitality Management

The sharing economy and the future of the hotel industry:
Transaction cost theory and platform economics

MIB Trieste School of Management is pleased to share an
anticipation of a co-authoring paper, by 2 members of our Faculty.
The article will be published next April by Elsevier on the
International Journal of Hospitality Management.

Highlights:

We examine development of peer-to-peer sharing platforms as a
strategic threat to hotel chains.

We use transaction cost theory to explain key features of
sharing platforms.

We offer strategic and tactical recommendations for the hotel
industry to respond to sharing platforms.